Note
- Traditionally in China, self-massage was and is only one part of a holistic lifestyle leading to long life and good health. In order for Chinese self-massage to get its greatest effects, besides perseverance and patience, a healthy diet and proper amounts of rest and exercise are vitally important. Chinese self-massage may also be used as part of an overall treatment plan for the remedying of particular diseases. Chinese self-massage can be successfully combined with modern Western medicine, chiropractic, homeopathic, and naturopathic medicines. In particular, Chinese self-massage is a wonderful adjunctive therapy for those undergoing a course of acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine. In that case, one's acupuncturist or Chinese medical practitioner can help select the best and most appropriate manipulations from this book and show the reader where to locate the acupuncture points on their body exactly. When Chinese self-massage is used along with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, it makes those other therapies even more effective and the course of treatment that much shorter.